Client Organization: The Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature, A.C. Client Website: The Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature, A.C. SNRE Faculty Advisor: Bill Currie Master Students Involved in Project: Hannah Erickson, MS Environmental Policy and...
Current Erb students and alumni are making an impact in companies around the world, but perhaps no organization has been more influenced by Erbers’ passion for making change than the Mexican bank, Banorte. At first blush, Banorte seems like an unlikely candidate....
Constructing a Base-of-the-Pyramid Business in a Multinational Corporation: CEMEX’s Patrimonio Hoy Looks to Grow (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on (Case study #1-429-202) - published on 03/2012, 22 pages. Developed by: Erb faculty affiliate, Ted London...
“Rio+20 has shown that business will have to drive the solution because we have seen that the process where governments have to come to an agreement is becoming more and more difficult. In the future, we will look back and see that this was the first time business...
This story is cross-posted in Network for Business Sustainability Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Rio-Brazil In an effort to re-orient business schools’ curricula, the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME), an academically-minded...
This post is in reflection of the first day of the UN PRME Global Forum. “I wonder if academics are afraid of action,” started Claus Pederson, Head of Sustainable Development of Novozyme, to a room filled with 300+ professors, deans and directors of business schools,...
Environmental journalists today have the formidable task of reporting on difficult topics such as climate change, an issue that is uncertain, scientifically and culturally complex, and politically charged. I recently met two who were at the University of Michigan...
Miguel Sossa 'Erb 12, one of 30 UM students to report from UN Climate Conference in Cancun: Thirty From UM Travel To UN Climate Conference. Read Miguel's and Alum Doug Glancy's blogs: U.S. and India pave way for White Roofs, smarter appliances Ratification of Kyoto...
By Renata A Soares Abstract: Many developed countries are already largely deforested. Deforestation is now principally happening in developing countries, especially in the tropics, as they follow a similar path to meet their development needs. With an increasing...
Rainforest Expeditions: Planning for the Future (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on Global Lens (Case study #1-428-799) - published 10/2009, 16 pages By: Andy Hoffman, Cynthia Koenig, Erb '11 and Kate Elliott, Erb '09. Description: 2004 marked the 15th...